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Brain Health
Brain Health: refers to the ability to remember, learn, play, concentrate and maintain a clear, active mind... Simply, brain health is all about making the most of your brain and helping reduce some risks to it as you age.
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NOV 30, 2015Neuroscience
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is a disorder of the brain that affects approximately 6.4 million child ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Nearly all mammalian cells contain cilia – microscopic hair-like structures that extend from the surface of cells. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 28, 2015Videos
Oxytocin is a hormone manufactured in the brain that is often incorrectly referred to as the "love" hormone. But it's al ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have identified how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 28, 2015Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Cardiology
There are 530,000 cardiac arrests in America every year, putting patients at risk for permanent brain damage and death. ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 25, 2015Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 24, 2015Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 24, 2015Videos
When it comes to your health, having a significant other may benefit your survival. We all know that it feels good to be ...NOV 24, 2015Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don' ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2015Neuroscience
A prestigious honor given only every other year by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been awarded to Cardiff University ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 23, 2015Health & Medicine
What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is a deeply subjective state of being. Subjective happiness refers to how ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 23, 2015Neuroscience
The numbers on the incidence of schizophrenia are sobering. Current statistics show that approximately 1% if the U.S. po ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 21, 2015Videos
Hypnosis is something that people typically attribute to mind control. This is what television has put into our minds fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 19, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 19, 2015Neuroscience
Is it Alzheimer’s disease? It’s hard to know if the deterioration of memory and other neurological symptoms ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2015Health & Medicine
If given the choice, many of us would choose to stay young forever. It’s inescapable process that wears ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 17, 2015Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 16, 2015Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn ...NOV 09, 2015Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2015Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is a disorder of the brain that affects approximately 6.4 million child
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nearly all mammalian cells contain cilia – microscopic hair-like structures that extend from the surface of cells.
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 28, 2015
Videos
Oxytocin is a hormone manufactured in the brain that is often incorrectly referred to as the "love" hormone. But it's al
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have identified how connections between brain cells are destroyed in the
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 28, 2015
Cardiology
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a common condition that follows cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding). In these cases the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Cardiology
There are 530,000 cardiac arrests in America every year, putting patients at risk for permanent brain damage and death.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 24, 2015
Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 24, 2015
Videos
When it comes to your health, having a significant other may benefit your survival. We all know that it feels good to be
...
NOV 24, 2015
Immunology
A large number of people diagnosed with depression experience an inability to feel pleasure, and antidepressants don'
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Neuroscience
A prestigious honor given only every other year by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been awarded to Cardiff University
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is a deeply subjective state of being. Subjective happiness refers to how
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 23, 2015
Neuroscience
The numbers on the incidence of schizophrenia are sobering. Current statistics show that approximately 1% if the U.S. po
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 21, 2015
Videos
Hypnosis is something that people typically attribute to mind control. This is what television has put into our minds fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Is it Alzheimer’s disease? It’s hard to know if the deterioration of memory and other neurological symptoms
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2015
Health & Medicine
If given the choice, many of us would choose to stay young forever. It’s inescapable process that wears
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 17, 2015
Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 16, 2015
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn
...
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim